Nov 4th, 2008 · For over a century, organized labor was wary of foreign workers. The more immigrants in the labor market, the less bargaining power for unions. But in recent years, some labor unions have changed their minds and want workers — no matter their legal status — to join.
Sep 27th, 2008 · Al-Qaida increasingly has resorted to using women as suicide bombers in Iraq. So the country's police force hopes to combat that threat by recruiting its first female members.
Sep 11th, 2008 · Armed with a visual-arts background, the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter writes music draped in vivid imagery and colorful textures. Temple recruits the Mountain Stage house band to back him up in a live performance.
Aug 29th, 2008 · Downtown St. Paul has been getting a facelift ahead of the Republican National Convention. This means filling vacant storefronts with high-end retailers on short term leases, recruiting street musicians though they're normally banned, bolting down trash bins and planters. There're even spray-painting the leaves green and feeding birth control to the pigeons.
Aug 18th, 2008 · An Australian mining town has a shortage of available women, so the mayor offered a solution: recruit ugly women to live there. He told a newspaper the city should attract "beauty-disadvantaged women." The mayor says his comments were "twisted" after women responded furiously. One local woman says local men are more numerous, but not so great. "We've got a saying," she said, "that the odds are good, but the goods are odd."
Aug 1st, 2008 · During the Cold War era, the CIA was the only U.S. spy agency. But as threats to national security have become more diverse, other government agencies — such as the FBI and the DEA — are recruiting foreign informants and pursuing their own intelligence leads. And that's causing competition and conflict.
Jul 31st, 2008 · The State Department hopes patriotism will compel American civilians to leave their comfortable lives in the U.S. for far-flung locales and potentially dangerous work: saving states the U.S. classifies as "failing." Critics say the program will be seen as nation building.
Jul 22nd, 2008 · Beginning as singing telegram deliverers, The Bobs' founders, Gunnar Madsen and Matthew Stull, recruited bass singer, Richard Greene, and Janie Scott in the higher register to complete the a cappella quartet. The Bobs perform a display of vocal acrobatics and irreverent lyrics on World Cafe.